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Table 1 National Early Warning Score (NEWS) value chart

From: National Early Warning Score (NEWS) as an emergency department predictor of disease severity and 90-day survival in the acutely dyspneic patient – a prospective observational study

 

Score value

3

2

1

0

1

2

3

A

B

Respiratory rate (breaths/min)

≤8

 

9–11

12–20

 

21–24

≥25

O2 saturation (%)

≤91

92–93

94–95

≥96

   

Added O2

 

Yes

 

No

   

C

Systolic BP (mmHg)

≤90

91–100

101–110

111–219

  

≥220

Heart rate (bpm)

≤40

 

41–50

51–90

91–110

111–130

≥131

D

Level of consciousness

   

A

  

V, P, U

E

Temperature (C)

≤35.0

 

35.1–36.0

36.1–38.0

38.1–39.0

≥39.1

 
  1. BP blood pressure, A alert, V responds to verbal stimuli, P responds to pain only, U unresponsive to stimuli. In the NEWS scoring missing values are interpreted as normal values